This is me
I am a designer, mostly interiors, my blog is about sharing beautiful things that move and inspire me, what catches my radar, what’s new, what’s old, designs, people, books, food. A look at my creative lifeFebruary 2023 M T W T F S S « Mar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -
Recent Posts
Categories
- Design (130)
- Great Places (52)
- Interiors (112)
- Makes (47)
- Outside (63)
- Recipes (35)
- Senses (105)
- What's new (1)
Past Posts
- March 2015 (1)
- August 2014 (1)
- November 2013 (1)
- July 2013 (1)
- June 2013 (2)
- March 2013 (3)
- February 2013 (2)
- January 2013 (3)
- December 2012 (5)
- November 2012 (4)
- September 2012 (2)
- August 2012 (2)
- July 2012 (7)
- June 2012 (3)
- May 2012 (5)
- April 2012 (13)
- March 2012 (12)
- February 2012 (13)
- January 2012 (13)
- December 2011 (9)
- November 2011 (9)
- October 2011 (10)
- September 2011 (9)
- August 2011 (12)
- July 2011 (12)
- June 2011 (12)
- May 2011 (13)
- April 2011 (13)
- March 2011 (13)
- February 2011 (12)
- January 2011 (7)
- December 2010 (5)
- November 2010 (4)
- October 2010 (9)
- September 2010 (4)
- August 2010 (3)
Meta
Category Archives: Interiors
British Flowers
Over the past couple of weeks the garden seemed to linger hoping for one last burst of sunshine before sliding into its dormant phase. Just before total winter shutdown I cut an armful of foliage and flowers. Over at Common Farm Flowers … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Interiors, Outside
Leave a comment
London Creativity and Wellbeing Week
Having spent impossibly long hours staring at blank walls in hospitals with a friend waiting for his appointments with doctors, craving distraction from where we were I couldn’t miss out on going along to a couple of events celebrating London … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Great Places, Interiors, Senses
2 Comments
British Flower Week
In the fresh sunlight, with gardens and kerbsides bursting into ebulient flower, this has always been my favourite time of year. I want to capture some of this vitality and bring this outside gorgeousness into my home, that means vases … Continue reading
Posted in Interiors, Makes, Outside, Senses
2 Comments
Making Home, Home
There’s been a whole lot of shuffling around and reorganising going on at home, much tweaking of the interior and finally with lots of cushion cover making it’s all just so. But jiggling around with the visuals only goes partway to … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Interiors, Recipes, Senses
2 Comments
The Gala, Kingston
The Gala, is a huge box like Art Deco building dating from the early 1930’s, a factory to entertainment from the pre telly era. Designed by Robert Cromie one of the foremost cinema architects of the time it’s an … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Great Places, Interiors, Outside
Leave a comment
Flowers Even in the Depths of Winter
A cold winter day, bare branches, monochrome landscape, the world is dead. As I walked along the blanket of grey was pierced by an intense floral fragrance. Where was it coming from? I looked around, nothing, then up, there, bare … Continue reading
Posted in Interiors, Outside, Senses
Leave a comment
Making Christmas Traditions
Christmas brings a shift in the house, tidying up, putting up the decorations, making ready for the celebrations, an audit of where I am. Time to welcome back old familiar traditions and there’s space for new as well, it’s fun. Arranging the table, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Interiors
2 Comments
Let’s Make Christmas 2012 Gift Swap
Over on the very dynamic Vanessa Kimbells blog Goodess on a Budget I saw the can do lady is running Let’s make Christmas Gift Swap. As a bit of a maker I thought I’d give it a go, the clincher … Continue reading
Posted in Interiors, Makes, Recipes
2 Comments
Orange
Currently I have a full on tartrazine crush on orange, it could be the way it takes charge and sings out above the surrounding colours, a burst of fizzing energy.
Verner Panton Light
I was busily minding my own business in an very unironic Indian restaurant complete with wildly patterned carpet when I spotted this light out of the corner of my eye. I was so excited to see what I was pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Interiors
Leave a comment